(2025-12-24). How Shared Relief And Unity Are Defining The Christmas Season In Syria Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Ali Haj Suleimand and Hebaa Shehade | Twinkling trees, festive markets, and decorations hanging from shop doors and balconies mark the Christmas season this year in Syria's Christian neighborhoods — though celebrations remain more modest than before the war. | "The atmosphere is better than last year," said Sahar Safar, a member of the Sisterhood of Our Lady of Damascus Church, recalling the air of uncertainty after the swift and sudden fall of the Assad regime's 55-year strangle of the country on Dec. 8, 2024. | "Back then people were afraid, but this year there is relief and joy." | Opposition facti…
(2025-12-24). Video: Syria: Washington Destroys Ten Thousand Years of History. globalresearch.ca Since May 20, 2025, thanks to our readers 38,000 have viewed this important video interview, with Maria Saadeh. | Dear Readers "Spread the Word" Worldwide | Damascus is the oldest city in the history of humanity. | America's "humanitarian wars" do not only …
(2025-12-24). Five years of coercion: What did Caesar do to Syrians? peoplesdispatch.org Few comprehensive studies have been conducted of the humanitarian toll that sanctions, especially those vastly strengthened through the US-imposed Caesar Act, have taken on the Syrian people amid an already devastating war.
(2025-12-24). US tells UN it will deprive Venezuela's Maduro, drug cartel of resources. geo.tv 
United States Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz speaks during a Security Council meeting to discuss 'ongoing US aggression' against Venezuela, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, December 23, 2025. — ReutersUS tells UN it will cut Maduro, drug cartel off from…
(2025-12-24). Iran will not bow to pressure or intimidation. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 24 (MNA) — Iranian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Amir Saeed Iravani has stressed that the Islamic Republic will not relinquish its right to uranium enrichment under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
(2025-12-24). Trump's Ambassador Recall Deepens U.S. Diplomatic Gaps in Africa. moderndiplomacy.eu U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recall multiple ambassadors has sharply reduced Washington's diplomatic footprint across sub-Saharan Africa, leaving the United States without top-level representation in more than half of the region's countries. The move risks complicating U.S. efforts to advance trade-focused diplomacy and manage security crises across a continent marked by coups, insurgencies and …